Emilio joined Patron in October 2019 as Development Manager, with a focus on projects in Spain, France, Portugal and Italy.

Before he worked in the Generator Hostels expansion, where he was responsible for the development of the Barcelona, Rome, Madrid, Miami and Washington DC projects. Implementing the design and  managing all aspects of the projects including the sustainability strategy of the assets.

He worked previously with Saco Property Group where he was Development Manager for Southern Europe, and Project Management Director for Ibinser/Deerns where he managed projects for clients including Blackstone, Hard Rock, Anytime Fitness, Cisco Systems, Viva Gym, Colonial and others. In Deerns he implemented the sustainability strategy of the assets we where developing. He was also Regional Director for EC Harris in Catalunya and have experience in logistic parks, hospitality, residential, offices and health care assets.

He has a Civil Engineering degree from Universidad Politecnica de Catalunya, and have been a professor of Project Management in the Civil Engineer University in Barcelona he has been a guest lecturer on the Project Management Course in Milan University. He also worked for a World Bank project to stablish the waste management strategy for Chongqing and was a director in Urbaser the environmental management company of Dragados. In his capacity of Chief Sustainability Officer in Patron he works in implementing Patron sustainability policies in our projects and local partners in different European countries.